Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.

I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know: I only feel it, and I am torn in two.

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

But you shall not escape my iambics.

Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]

I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

Godlike the man who sits at her side, who watches and catches that laughter which (softly) tears me to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time I see her.

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.

What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.]

As long as they don’t harm the environment, pay taxes, and don't do it in my bed, it’s none of my business.

whatever judgment we make is a subjective one we're making now, and that it could change.

As often happened, Charmain began to despair of getting her mother to understand. She's not stupid, she just never lets her mind out, she thought.

I hate working with artists who don't have something to say or when they have something that sounds cool but isn't really them.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.

Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.

They scored too early.

To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world.

You have to believe in yourself. And you have to, down deep within the bottom of your soul, feel that you can do the job that you've set out to do.